Halfmoon Bluff (UWBM locality C2931): Early/Lower Triassic, Antarctica
collected 2017-
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Amphibamidae
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Micropholis stowi
Huxley 1859
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| UWBM VP 118681, a block containing portions of four individuals | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Coordinates: | 85.2° South, 175.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 81.7° South, 69.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 247.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UWBM | Collection dates: | 2017-18 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 220333 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Gee | Enterer: | B. Gee |
| Modifier: | B. Gee | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-05-21 12:32:37 | Last modified: | 2021-05-21 12:33:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-05-21 12:32:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 76958. | B. M. Gee and C. A. Sidor. 2021. First record of the amphibamiform Micropholis stowi from the lower Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of Antarctica. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(1):e1904251 [B. Gee/B. Gee] |